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303: Saint Fermin and Running with the Bulls in Pamplona

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303: Saint Fermin and Running with the Bulls in Pamplona

St. Fermin is especially popular in Pamplona, where the running with the bulls is held in his honor every ...

St. Fermin is especially popular in Pamplona, where the running with the bulls is held in his honor every year. Pamplona is the capital of Navarre, the country which is part of present-day Spain, but ...

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1981: Sandra Day O’Connor: First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

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1981: Sandra Day O’Connor: First Woman Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

On this day in 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female Associate Justice of the Suprem ...

On this day in 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. She was 51 years old at the time. Sandra Day O'Connor was born in Texas and grew up on ...

September 25, 2019
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1868: Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich’s Shipwreck

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1868: Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich’s Shipwreck

This day in 1868 marked the shipwreck of the Russian warship “Alexander Nevsky” near the coast of Denmark ...

This day in 1868 marked the shipwreck of the Russian warship “Alexander Nevsky” near the coast of Denmark. Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, the son of the former Russian Emperor Alexander II (member o ...

September 25, 2019
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1956: TAT-1: The First Phone Conversation Beneath the Atlantic Ocean

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1956: TAT-1: The First Phone Conversation Beneath the Atlantic Ocean

On this day in 1956, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, TAT-1, was inaugurated. Ab ...

On this day in 1956, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, TAT-1, was inaugurated. About 100 years earlier, telegraph cables had been laid across the Atlantic Ocean, which allowed ...

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1959: Buddhist Monk who Shot Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike

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1959: Buddhist Monk who Shot Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike

Solomon Bandaranaike, a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a Buddhist monk on this day in 1 ...

Solomon Bandaranaike, a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a Buddhist monk on this day in 1959. The monk Talduwe Somarama was persuaded to do so due to the conspirators who wanted the de ...

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